Verified NFL Trade Profile

John Brown

TradeVerdicts connects John Brown to 2 exact public NFL transactions involving Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Philadelphia Eagles.

2 Recorded trades
3 Teams represented
1967–2014 Trade-history span

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Trade History Overview

Every transaction below comes from an explicit player-to-trade relationship in the TradeVerdicts database. Name-only substring matching is not used.

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Chronological Timeline

2 Recorded Trades

Oldest to newest

Trade 1 of 2

Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers

Pittsburgh Steelers Win Tier: standard Confidence: high

Cleveland Browns received 1968 third round pick (#64-Harry Olszewski) and 1968 tenth round pick (#255-James Greer) from Pittsburgh Steelers for John Brown (Calvin). Cleveland used the two 1968 selections on Harry Olszewski and James Greer, neither of whom supplied comparable NFL value. Across the complete player and draft outcomes, the exchange supports the Pittsburgh Steelers Win verdict while still crediting the other club for the useful value it realized.

Assets Received

Pittsburgh Steelers
  • Player John Brown (Calvin)
Cleveland Browns
  • Pick 1968 third round pick (#64-Harry Olszewski)
  • Pick 1968 tenth round pick (#255-James Greer)

Team Grades

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Trade 2 of 2

Philadelphia Eagles and Cleveland Browns

Even Trade Tier: minor Confidence: high

Philadelphia moved down from No. 22 to No. 26 in the 2014 first round and added third-round value, while Cleveland moved up for Johnny Manziel. Neither side turned the exchange into the expected first-round value. This grades as even.

Assets Received

Philadelphia Eagles
  • Pick 2014 1st round pick (26th overall, Marcus Smith)
  • Pick 2014 3rd round pick (83rd overall subsequently traded, Louis Nix)
Cleveland Browns
  • Pick 2014 1st round pick (22nd overall, Johnny Manziel)

Team Grades

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